Essays

This is where I publish my essays on living a fulfilling life, meaningful work, writing, books, travel, and the quieter truths that shape a life over time.

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• Living a Fulfilling Life Essays on meaning, values, relationships, attention, and building a life that feels true.

• Work & Entrepreneurship Writing on meaningful work, practical business, independence, and the hard truths of building something real.

• Creativity & Writing Reflections on the writing life, books in progress, publishing, and creative discipline.

• Travel & Living Abroad Essays shaped by place, long-term travel, and the lessons that come from living abroad.

Good Places to Begin

• Stop Optimizing Your Life and Start Living It
• The Digital Book Reading System: How I Organized 800 Books and Read More Thoughtfully
• The Dented Ping Pong Ball and the Beauty of an Unplanned Life
• Jane Goodall’s Final Message: Purpose, Legacy, and Why You Should Never Quit

Latest Essays

• The Next Phase of Life Is Not Retirement: Choosing What Fits Your Life Now May 18, 2026
• What David Attenborough Teaches Us About Living a Fulfilling Life May 09, 2026
• Why Writing to the People You Love Matters More Than Building an Audience April 27, 2026
• Stop Optimizing Your Life and Start Living It April 13, 2026
• The Digital Book Reading System: How I Organized 800 Books and Read More Thoughtfully March 23, 2026
• The Dented Ping Pong Ball and the Beauty of an Unplanned Life February 23, 2026
• Jane Goodall’s Final Message: Purpose, Legacy, and Why You Should Never Quit February 02, 2026
• The Uncomfortable Truth About Self-Help Critics and Gurus January 26, 2026
• How to Stay a Good Person in a Broken World January 19, 2026
• Why I’m Not Writing a Year in Review and What I’m Leaving Behind Instead January 13, 2026
• Being Grateful Every Day Changed How I Live December 30, 2025
• The Power That Everyone Believes In December 21, 2025
• The Rhythm Beneath Everything: What Living on the Beach Really Teaches You November 30, 2025
• Quiet Generosity: The New Face of Philanthropy November 15, 2025
• Why I Don’t Care About Slow Living or Fast Living — I Care About Feeling Fulfilled October 28, 2025
• Remembering Maru: How a YouTube Cat Helped Me Heal September 25, 2025
• Why Successful People Don’t Waste Time Arguing July 22, 2025
• Tribute to Dr. Baxter D. Montgomery, Heart Surgeon Who Healed With Plants and Purpose June 01, 2025
• The Soundtrack That Changed My Life: What Vangelis Taught Me About Legacy May 19, 2025
• The Hidden Cost of Cutting Corners: Why Quality Hosting Matters More Than You Think April 21, 2025
• Finding Balance: Why Extreme Mindsets Don't Lead to Entrepreneurial Success March 24, 2025
• Quit Worshipping Billionaires, Influencers and Egomaniacs—They Don’t Care About You March 17, 2025
• The Digital Canary: Arthur Firstenberg's Legacy of Electromagnetic Awareness March 01, 2025
• Success is Built in Baby Steps: Why Overnight Success is a Myth February 13, 2025
• The Power of Letting Go: Why Not Caring What Others Think is One of Life's Greatest Lessons January 07, 2025
• Why Preparing for the Olympics and Building a Business Are Not the Same August 19, 2024
• A Heartfelt Love Letter to My Soulmate: Celebrating Our Timeless Connection August 11, 2024
• Striving for Balance - My True Life Goals August 06, 2024
• Transformative Giving: Empowering Lives Through Direct Entrepreneurial Philanthropy July 01, 2024
• Strengthening Your Online Security: The Power of Strong Passphrases, Two-Factor Authentication and PassKeys June 18, 2024
• Beyond the Neighborhood: Entrepreneurial Lessons from Mr. Rogers June 03, 2024
• Completing the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Challenge: A Musical Journey May 01, 2024
• Embracing Earth Day Every Day: A Call for Continuous Environmental Consciousness April 22, 2024
• Honoring the Legacy of Charles F. Feeney: A Tribute to a Luminary Entrepreneur January 19, 2024
• Harnessing Artificial Intelligence: A Creator's New Best Friend November 01, 2023
• How Smart Notes Transformed My Productivity and Well-being October 02, 2023
• Rennie Davis: From Revolutionary to Visionary for a New Humanity March 01, 2021
• Entrepreneurs that give Entrepreneurs a bad name July 18, 2019
• Skipping Success: The Allure of Entrepreneurial Fame and the Pitfalls of Premature Business Coaching May 15, 2019
• Boyfriend/Girlfriend/Partner it's all the same January 23, 2019
• Embracing Entrepreneurship: It's Not Just a Job, It's a Calling September 05, 2018
• Branding is overrated May 14, 2018
• Living the Miami Vice lifestyle without the drugs April 30, 2018
• Biggest Problem in Business April 16, 2018
• Ram Dass: Going Home April 10, 2018
• Lessons Learned from a Failed Business Deal: Don't Do Business With Desperate People March 29, 2018
• David Letterman's new show is conscious March 10, 2018
• Cryptocurrency has potential but financial bubbles galore February 02, 2018
• Play-Doh focus tip January 31, 2018
• Honoring Ursula K. Le Guin - A Sci-Fi Visionary Who Showed Us New Possibilities January 24, 2018
• Forget Shark Tank; Be A Dolphin Entrepreneur Instead August 18, 2017
• What business can learn from Wonder Woman hit movie June 08, 2017
• Stepped Into Richard Branson May 31, 2017
• Living on a dollar a day May 24, 2017
• Is the truth of death being suppressed? May 10, 2017
• Your own VPN April 27, 2017
• Minimalism is it the answer? April 13, 2017
• Carrie Fisher: My First Feminist Role Model January 09, 2017
• J.K. Rowling #Volutourism #StopOrphanTrips August 22, 2016
• Business Sharks vs Dolphins October 24, 2015
• Latest article about my friend dying has been picked up by Good Men Project August 12, 2015
• My Friend Died And We Are Loved July 25, 2015
• Marriage Equality For My Kids June 29, 2015
• Leading With Heart And Being Strong March 24, 2015
• I Won A Publishing Award February 28, 2015
• I Was In Concert February 05, 2015
• 4 Steps to Automate Your Business October 29, 2014
• The Power of Quick Implementation in a Fast-Paced World September 23, 2014
• Daily Reflection: Gaining Insight Every Morning July 08, 2014
• How to outsource everything but your sex life May 02, 2014
• Forgiveness March 04, 2014
• Why a Harvard Degree is a Liability February 11, 2014
• Nelson Mandela The Hero, and how you can be too December 11, 2013
• Missing The Father of Guerilla Marketing October 11, 2013
• Life Is Good Cofounder The Hero September 07, 2013
• Johnny Carson The Hero July 14, 2013
• Beauty in Business April 09, 2013
• Missing Roger Ebert April 05, 2013
• Where did my ego go? April 04, 2013
• I Killed Chris September 26, 2012
• Birthday message on why I'm happy and successful April 20, 2012
• Why I love Internet Marketers April 05, 2012
• Why some Internet Marketers are hated Part 2 February 14, 2012
• Why some Internet Marketers are hated January 31, 2012
• Mastering with A players December 08, 2011
• My Tribute to Jerry Hicks of Abraham-Hicks November 27, 2011
• Remembering Steve Jobs - A Tribute to the Visionary Behind Apple's Legacy October 05, 2011
• Raising a child is the ultimate leadership training September 23, 2011
• Becoming Marketable August 24, 2011
• Does Money Make You Happy? August 18, 2011
• Why are we here? August 11, 2011
• Clearing your money energy July 28, 2011
• Thinking, Rabbi, and German - What do they have in common? July 20, 2011
• Lessons From My Partnership Telesummit July 08, 2011
• When kids are named after your brand name... June 16, 2011
• If someone with a stroke can do it. You can do it. June 14, 2011
• 5 Ways to Test Out Your Next Joint Venture Business Partner February 08, 2011
• 5 Lessons learned from working with partners January 27, 2011
• How I changed from being a social retard January 20, 2011
• Look Up, Get up, Never Give Up January 03, 2011
• Wii isn't this fun? December 29, 2010
• My Photograph Is In An Art Gallery December 11, 2010
• What's your ideal target market? November 10, 2010
• Being an Expert: Set The Standard November 01, 2010
• Why Strong Brands Can Charge More (and Keep Customers Happy Doing It) October 26, 2010
• How To Manage Your Value Benefits October 26, 2010
• How To Maintain and Even Increase Your Prices October 21, 2010
• How To Create Customer Loyalty October 20, 2010
• Leaders and Leaches Which are you? October 16, 2010
• Should you be the best? October 14, 2010
• Play smarter than you are October 07, 2010
• I am my first client October 05, 2010
• Lot's of money leads to failure September 30, 2010
• Time is Money September 28, 2010
• I'm on Mind your Own Business in Boston today September 26, 2010
• Business is like Improv September 23, 2010
• Neutral like Switzerland June 28, 2010
• What a Wonderful World June 27, 2010
• How To Screw Your Reputation Like BP June 04, 2010
• I did my first firewalk and second February 01, 2010
• Prosperity Consciousness November 29, 2009
• I'm Thankful For November 26, 2009
• Playing the Money Game November 24, 2009
• Cruise Ships and upsells November 16, 2009
• I hate voice mail November 02, 2009
• How To Handle No Response People October 19, 2009
• Go out there and get hurt October 14, 2009
• How To Retire - A simple system that works October 02, 2009
• Big Fat Greek Wedding Sedona Style September 18, 2009
• Why The Soft Launch is Smart June 18, 2009
• Trying to make money will never make you rich June 10, 2009
• How to travel and still do business May 19, 2009
• The Only Thing That’s Keeping You From Getting What You Want Is The Story You Keep Telling Yourself May 12, 2009
• Play Prosperity Games - A Weekend Testimonial April 23, 2009
• Number 1 Excuse For Failure By Far March 03, 2009
• Christian Bale is a corporate hero February 11, 2009
• Top 5 Tips to Moving Stress Free February 09, 2009
• Disgruntled customer offered Virgin job January 29, 2009
• Complaining Customers Are The Best January 26, 2009
• The bullshit of outage language January 15, 2009
• Stop Worrying or Die January 15, 2009
• Entrepreneurs love risk? January 09, 2009
• Decabling your life - getting your Entertainment for free on the Internet January 06, 2009
• How to Avoid Getting Burned by the Next Bernard Madoff January 05, 2009
• Do Not Spend Until You Earn December 23, 2008
• 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better December 09, 2008
• School results and age are no predictor of future success December 08, 2008
• How to lose friends December 04, 2008
• Market every day December 02, 2008
• Black Friday from your computer November 27, 2008
• My attitude of gratitude November 25, 2008
• Results of What is the single most frustrating problem or fear in your business? November 24, 2008
• I read Cosmopolitan magazine, no really November 21, 2008
• Asset Allocation Beats The Market Every Time November 20, 2008
• Too small to fail November 19, 2008
• Lessons from Motrin November 16, 2008
• Celebrate your achievements November 14, 2008
• Good job isn't so good November 10, 2008
• Six Horrible Financial Products You Should Avoid November 10, 2008
• Creative entrepreneurs can survive the crisis October 30, 2008
• The fall of MBAs October 28, 2008
• My Prosperity Laptop October 27, 2008
• Internet Get Rich Quick targeted October 27, 2008
• You get what you pay for October 22, 2008
• How to start doomed October 21, 2008
• Sushi Innovation October 21, 2008
• It's You, Not The Economy October 19, 2008
• Money solves all problems, yeah right October 17, 2008
• Write A Business Plan In 10 Seconds October 16, 2008
• Big banks vs regional October 15, 2008
• How To Know If Your Business Idea Is Any Good October 15, 2008
• How often should you publish? October 07, 2008
• The myth of launch PR October 01, 2008
• Paul Newman the philanthropist September 29, 2008
• There Is No Reverse Gear On This Thing September 26, 2008
• Virgin Twitter September 25, 2008
• High Oil Prices Is Good September 23, 2008
• Strategic partnerships September 18, 2008
• I Think I Can September 17, 2008
• The Horror of Mental Images September 17, 2008
• Nothing but Net September 15, 2008
• Money and stuff September 10, 2008
• Silence is no September 08, 2008
• Why you are failing September 07, 2008
• Author of '100 Things to Do Before You Die' is killed in fall August 28, 2008
• Customer Satisfaction: Time is Precious August 27, 2008
• Reversible business models August 27, 2008
• Multiplying Output in Groups Plus August 24, 2008
• Test for authenticity August 20, 2008
• Money and The Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Health, Wealth & Happiness August 13, 2008
• Escaping the Amish August 12, 2008
• 08 08 08 - A Day of Prosperity | Heart Book Series August 08, 2008
• What would Paul and Linda do? August 07, 2008
• Dreaming my solution August 04, 2008
• How to Remember Dreams August 03, 2008
• Seize the day July 31, 2008
• A Daily Guide To Creativity And New Ideas July 30, 2008
• ABC Formula for Success July 23, 2008
• Yellow tape your office July 22, 2008
• Are you too Big to be an entrepreneur July 21, 2008
• Time Is Not On Your Side July 20, 2008
• Why businesses fail June 25, 2008
• Day off June 22, 2008
• Waiting My Turn June 20, 2008
• How to Us Parkinson's Law to Your Advantage June 04, 2008
• Got Critics? June 02, 2008
• Email Etiquette Pages Explain So You Don't Have To May 20, 2008
• Don't Check Your Valuables May 18, 2008
• How to beat a speeding ticket May 13, 2008
• We specialize in everything May 12, 2008
• Perfection vs. Efficiency May 05, 2008
• Max Your Minds Performance by Distracting Yourself April 24, 2008
• Yes, how can I fix it? April 23, 2008
• Fire the workaholics April 22, 2008
• Early Birthday Party #1 April 20, 2008
• Abundance vs. Scarcity Mindset April 07, 2008
• Why I's Important To Know Who You're Sharing Your Goals April 03, 2008
• The Power of Lucid Dreaming March 27, 2008
• Inspired Action vs. Workaholicism Bonus March 24, 2008
• Good News March 23, 2008
• Picking A Charity March 19, 2008
• Master of your own domain March 19, 2008
• Participate in the Value Revolution March 18, 2008
• Never Lie March 17, 2008
• Wholefoods Prosperity Campaign March 12, 2008
• Talk hard March 11, 2008
• Wise money March 05, 2008
• What constitutes abundance? March 03, 2008
• More time February 29, 2008
• I have down days too February 28, 2008
• Passionate Valentines February 14, 2008
• The secret of success is constancy to purpose February 07, 2008
• Reaching your goals February 01, 2008
• Attracting Robberies? January 30, 2008
• Hot tub ideas January 29, 2008
• Are High School Dropouts More Successful? January 22, 2008
• Choosing Your Parents Before Birth January 14, 2008
• The Elders January 08, 2008
• Keep Moving Forward January 06, 2008
• Working on the Internet while traveling January 04, 2008
• The Secret to Earning Money January 03, 2008
• Richard Branson: If pay deal isn't enough, quit January 01, 2008
• Open Source Living December 27, 2007
• Lavish praise December 21, 2007
• Tracing Business Acumen to Dyslexia December 19, 2007
• Prosperity Mindset December 06, 2007
• Hard work vs. Smart work December 02, 2007
• More money, better sex November 30, 2007
• Avoiding Negative talk November 29, 2007
• Is Taking Action Part of the Law of Attraction Formula? November 29, 2007
• The Power of Gratitude November 27, 2007
• When Is It Time To Leave? November 26, 2007
• Raining money chart November 20, 2007
• Above All Is Love October 05, 2007
• Truth Beauty Freedom Love September 24, 2007
• Happiness September 23, 2007
• Anita was not scared September 19, 2007
• Growing forward August 21, 2007
• How to Identify an Opportunity August 15, 2007
• Saw Genesis In Concert Finally July 08, 2007
• Balancing Success and Happiness - My Journey to Enjoying Life While Achieving Business Goals June 02, 2007
• Feel good button April 25, 2007
• Yearly Celebration April 23, 2007
• What separates winners from losers? March 01, 2007
• Should you ignore controversey? February 21, 2007
• Living beyond your means February 08, 2007
• Play Prosperity Games: A Resounding Success and the Birth of Creative Ideas February 02, 2007
• When To Say No January 28, 2007
• It isn’t always about the money January 12, 2007
• Steve Irwin: A Life Lived Full Out, A Lesson for Entrepreneurs September 08, 2006
• Money & Prosperity February 09, 2006
• Abraham-Hicks - Art of Allowing Workshop November 14, 2005
• The Napoleon Hill Foundation Review October 24, 2005
• Cashflow Games October 02, 2005